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and why the cia insists she doesn't know what she is talking about. plus, two weeks after super storm sandy, tens of thousands of americans are still in the dark. >> how long is it going to take to get our electricity back? >> i am very unhappy. [chanting] >> we certainly understand the frustration that's out there. [chanting] >> more trucks, more trucks. >> shepard: tonight, how long before the lights come back? and volunteers from louisiana bringing supplies to the northeast. pay back for all the help they got after hurricane katrina. >> we wanted to reach out and help them like some people helped us. >> shepard: tonight, all aboard the train of hope. but first from fox this monday night, pillow talk and national security. fox news confirms or has confirmed that the cia found classified documents on the computer that belongs to paula broadwell. she is the woman who had an affair with the then cia david petraeus. there is nothing to indicate that these documents actually came from general petraeus himself. the general stepped down as the cia director
and why the cia insists she doesn't know what she is talking about. plus, two weeks after super storm sandy, tens of thousands of americans are still in the dark. >> how long is it going to take to get our electricity back? >> i am very unhappy. [chanting] >> we certainly understand the frustration that's out there. [chanting] >> more trucks, more trucks. >> shepard: tonight, how long before the lights come back? and volunteers from louisiana bringing supplies to...
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the cia denies this. but a separate well-placed washington source confirms the libyan militiamen being held at the cia annex in benghazi may be a possible motive for the staged attack on the annex and consulate which was a diplomatic facility we now know in name only. shannon: thank you so much. every day something new. we are now told the fbi stumbled on to the petraeus affair late last summer. that means attorney general eric holder had to have known about the scandal. what did the president know and when. what about the timing of all this? john bolton, former ambassador to the united nations. do you smell a rat in this timing? >> i think there are a lot of questions here. the "wall street journal" reports that to be general eric holder knew in the late summer of the fbi uncovering the affair. and so that immediately races the question, what -- immediately raises the question, what did he do with that information. i think it's almost inconceivable that he didn't bring it to the attention of the white ho
the cia denies this. but a separate well-placed washington source confirms the libyan militiamen being held at the cia annex in benghazi may be a possible motive for the staged attack on the annex and consulate which was a diplomatic facility we now know in name only. shannon: thank you so much. every day something new. we are now told the fbi stumbled on to the petraeus affair late last summer. that means attorney general eric holder had to have known about the scandal. what did the president...
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at least from the cia. it is interesting to me that if you say publicly to senators or congressmen, oh, is this a big hit for the, you know, intelligence community, the military community, they say, no, it will be fine, but privately i have never heard such bipartisan sorrow for a man exiting the scene. >> and isn't that something really to note? we're still calling him general petraeus. he left the military last year. he is director petraeus now resigned. i think it's extremely odd that anyone would think in this country one government official, and that's what he was, is so powerful as to be such an intelligence loss. nobody should be that powerful. maybe it's more of a testament to his public relation kills skills. >> which are considerable. is he good at that. the other thing is that he was a big role model for junior officers all through the u.s. military. he constructed the insurgency theory they've accepted as kind of like a gospel right now, and to have him go this way, leaving aside the intelligenc
at least from the cia. it is interesting to me that if you say publicly to senators or congressmen, oh, is this a big hit for the, you know, intelligence community, the military community, they say, no, it will be fine, but privately i have never heard such bipartisan sorrow for a man exiting the scene. >> and isn't that something really to note? we're still calling him general petraeus. he left the military last year. he is director petraeus now resigned. i think it's extremely odd that...
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the cia may have some comment later today or the dni may have some comment later today with regard to the time line on the talking points. >> that said, today there was no response on the time line from the dni. the nation's top intelligence office, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge from washington tonight. turkey is close to putting american made missiles on its border with syria. that's according to the head of the nato military alliance. he he expects the turks to formally request the patriot air to surface missiles in the coming days any deployment would be for defensive purposes. turkey shares longest border with syria and former allies have recently exchanged rocket fire. meanwhile syrian rebel firefighters claim they seized a military base on 00 outskirts of capital city of damascus and group of islamist within the rebel ranks claims that it has rejected the new western-backed' session group a potential major set back in the effort to topple the syrian president bashar assad. basically i just said it's very confusing. passengers on the italian airliner survived what one of t
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adventure awaits. >>> both the fbi and the cia are investigating david petraeus. with me is former fbi assistant director and cia trained case officer lieutenant colonel tony schaefer. pat, we'rete delighted to have u here and you were the head of the f.b.i. haven't seen you in a long time. good to see you. quickly, pat. a civilian complains she's being stalked by e-mails. if i'm a civilian and i call and say i'm being cyber stalked, is the fbi going to get involved? >> listen. >> no. that's a yes or no. if you attached the name petraeus, yes. >> that's not the thing. >> so you're going to take my complaint until you see whether i'm sleeping with petraeus. >> the information indicates that she thought that the general could have been being stalked. >> yeah. >> if that's the t case, you hae level government official. >> which general, allen or petraeus? >> we'll, we'll find out when we see the complaint. >> all right. so let's assume the fbi does this investigation at the rec of jill kelley. i don't know if you have the guys have the picture of the buff, bald fbi c
adventure awaits. >>> both the fbi and the cia are investigating david petraeus. with me is former fbi assistant director and cia trained case officer lieutenant colonel tony schaefer. pat, we'rete delighted to have u here and you were the head of the f.b.i. haven't seen you in a long time. good to see you. quickly, pat. a civilian complains she's being stalked by e-mails. if i'm a civilian and i call and say i'm being cyber stalked, is the fbi going to get involved? >> listen....
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lawmakers here want some answers and they may get them from the cia and fbi. they have a closed-door briefing on all this coming up tomorrow, a scandal that now involves two decorated generals. >> reporter: kelley is a woman she claimed she felt harassed by anonymous e-mails traced to broadwell. it i uncovered an affair between petraeus and broadwell. petraeus resigned. broadwell talked about working with petraeus in afghanistan. the pentagon won't say what the relationship was between allen and kelley, but he's still on the job for now. in washington preparing for senate confirmation hearing that's been put on hold. meantime the fbi conducted a consensual search of broadwell's home. jill kelley's brother calls her the victim. >> she took issue with it. when she took issue, she didn't realize it was going to spark this storm. >> reporter: in washington congress wants to know why it took several days for them and the president to learn about petraeus. >> we need to focus on bigger issues. there was no national security breach. the fbi said it and i think that's
lawmakers here want some answers and they may get them from the cia and fbi. they have a closed-door briefing on all this coming up tomorrow, a scandal that now involves two decorated generals. >> reporter: kelley is a woman she claimed she felt harassed by anonymous e-mails traced to broadwell. it i uncovered an affair between petraeus and broadwell. petraeus resigned. broadwell talked about working with petraeus in afghanistan. the pentagon won't say what the relationship was between...
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fox was told that the cia director had a very important meeting at a cia headquarters with the people coming in from out of town, a couple of hours before, it was cancelled abruptly. we know on thursday, he went to the white house and talked specifically to the president about resigning from his position, for personal reasons. then on friday, that resignation was accepted by the president. so it's really been a chain of events over the last 48 hours. >> caller: do we have any information whether or not the white house or anyone else learned about this before yesterday? or wednesday? >> the public statements from the white house is that they learned about it wednesday. but hia conversation this evening with someone who is very familiar with the notification process to capitol hill. and what we were told is that once someone of the director's statue comes within the scope of an fbi investigation, not the subject, but the scope, there has to be immediate briefings to the ranking members and the chairman of the house and senate intelligence committees. we are not clear, at least tonight,
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will the former cia director testify? those questions will be asked of senator barrasso next hour. >>> plus picking up after the mess left behind by hurricane sandy. hundreds of people along the jersey shore coping with condemned homes and finding few options. >>> for those thousands of folks still without power, now they're facing plunging temperatures. janice dean will tell us who needs to bundle up big-time. rick: "happening now", capitol hill welcoming close to 80 new house members today. they're in town for orientation. they don't get sworn in until next year. current lawmakers spend the next seven weeks trying to avoid a deal to impact spending crisis that could trigger another recession. this as house speaker john boehner hints he may be willing to compromise on the president on the gop's hard anti-tax position. would he have the backing of his party? would democrats go along? alexis mcgill johnson the executive director for american values institute. terry holt, former bush-cheney national spokesman and former sen
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a few people at the cia could keep up. even these efforts by general petraeus to get to know people within the cia fell flat, and contentiousness under cut his relationships. >> and again, the "wall street journal" is reporting it sounded like general petraeus wanted to stay on. last monday he got a call from the head of the director of the national intelligence james clapper. >> and there were fights going on over whose time line should be out there, which agency is looking particularly bad in this controversy on the hill over benghazi. general petraeus didn't want the cia to take the hit. and so he advanced the time line. it was the contrary expectations of his boss. >> well, it is a phac thatting read -- it is a fascinating read. wsj.com. it is laid out in a really good article. thanks. >> my pleasure. >>> israel is massing its forces along the border with gaza. i tell you it looks like they are about to go in. the head of israel's military called up the reserve troops. this is escalating right this minute. as you know,
a few people at the cia could keep up. even these efforts by general petraeus to get to know people within the cia fell flat, and contentiousness under cut his relationships. >> and again, the "wall street journal" is reporting it sounded like general petraeus wanted to stay on. last monday he got a call from the head of the director of the national intelligence james clapper. >> and there were fights going on over whose time line should be out there, which agency is...
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the top commander of afghanistan has been caught up in the scandal surrounding former cia chief, david petraeus. the pentagon is investigating general john allen for sending inappropriate e-mails to jill kelly. >> kelly, she's the florida woman who triggered the investigation, which led petraeus to step down. >> we want to get more insight on this quickly-developing story from lama hasan. she is live in our london bureau this morning. lama, can you break down for us, exactly, how big is an investigation is this? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, rob. there are reportedly between 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails and other documents from general allen's communications with jill kelly, between 2010 and 2012. and they're underreview. defense department officials will not say whether they are involved in sexual matters or whether they are thought to include unauthorized disclosures. it's not known whether david petraeus is mentioned in these e-mails. rob? >> lama, this is paula. david petraeus resigned. but general allen so far has denied wrongdoing. he is staying on the job for now.
the top commander of afghanistan has been caught up in the scandal surrounding former cia chief, david petraeus. the pentagon is investigating general john allen for sending inappropriate e-mails to jill kelly. >> kelly, she's the florida woman who triggered the investigation, which led petraeus to step down. >> we want to get more insight on this quickly-developing story from lama hasan. she is live in our london bureau this morning. lama, can you break down for us, exactly, how...
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former cia director tells congress what he knows about the benghazi attack. >> in a series of closed-door hearings, lawmakers investigate what happened before, during and after the assault that killed four americans. we will get the latest from the advice chair of the senate intelligence committee and joe leiberman, head of the homeland security committee. then republicans look to regroup after a disappointing election. does the party need a new message or better messengers? we will talk with two leading governors. bobby jindal of louisiana and scott walker of wisconsin. plus, the president and congressional leaders try to pull back from the fiscal cliff. with 44 days and counting, we will ask our sunday panel can a deal be made in time? and our power player of the week, telling us softly with her song. all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello again from fox news in washington. we will talk with our guests in a moment but first an update on the tense military situation on the israel-gaza border. fox news correspondent leland is on the scene with the latest. >> chris, this there is no qu
former cia director tells congress what he knows about the benghazi attack. >> in a series of closed-door hearings, lawmakers investigate what happened before, during and after the assault that killed four americans. we will get the latest from the advice chair of the senate intelligence committee and joe leiberman, head of the homeland security committee. then republicans look to regroup after a disappointing election. does the party need a new message or better messengers? we will talk...
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you have the cia director in a sex scandal. the commander of forces in afghanistan, sexting with a hot chick in tampa. rome is burning. the middle-east is in flames and obama is hold egg news conference with cupcakes thrown by magnolia bakery. how could this be worse for barack obama? how could it be any worse? michael, you explain to me. >> i imagine the president's pretty happy that he won re-election, 7 days ago. clearly, some of these challenges are still on his to-do list. he has a lot of work to do. but the american people have spoken. so even with all the propaganda that your side of the aisle tried to spit out on president obama, he was able to survive. not just survive. he won -- >> i think it was 51% -- >> i understand you are upset. look, i understand you are upset. but it's time to move on-- >>> all right. -- [overlapping dialogue] >> start to figure out to change the mission statement and let's get things done. >> sean: what would you like to ask about benghazi? >> what about obama know? when did he know it? he see
you have the cia director in a sex scandal. the commander of forces in afghanistan, sexting with a hot chick in tampa. rome is burning. the middle-east is in flames and obama is hold egg news conference with cupcakes thrown by magnolia bakery. how could this be worse for barack obama? how could it be any worse? michael, you explain to me. >> i imagine the president's pretty happy that he won re-election, 7 days ago. clearly, some of these challenges are still on his to-do list. he has a...
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new details in the sex scandal involving the cia official. late monday night they the charlotte n.c., of his mistress. >> we have learned the pentagon is investigating another military official in the case. >> and a new twist, the pentagon now says that the top american commander in afghanistan donald john allen is under investigation for sending allegedly improper e-mails. kelly the florida woman that triggered the investigation that forced him to resign. they are reviewing between 20,000 and 30,000 documents involved. john allen denies any wrongdoing. agents by nearly five hours at the home of impala broadwell this after the fbi told abc news they discovered thousands of e- mails between her and him detailing the affair. >> and his universe this moral failing is unacceptable and renders them on worthy of continuing this position. >> you can do it for the summer. part of an fbi investigation that began after joe kelly received threatening e-mails she believed or from -- >> this caused them to take all the way through to see what they had a.
new details in the sex scandal involving the cia official. late monday night they the charlotte n.c., of his mistress. >> we have learned the pentagon is investigating another military official in the case. >> and a new twist, the pentagon now says that the top american commander in afghanistan donald john allen is under investigation for sending allegedly improper e-mails. kelly the florida woman that triggered the investigation that forced him to resign. they are reviewing between...
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the head of the cia resigning. admitting in a letter he cheated on his wife. >> at this point it seems to me that there is a real personal tragedy involving general petraeus. >> harris: tonight, reaction from the president, what it means for american intelligence. and the potential effect on the investigation into the benghazi attack. i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. fox news has learned an fbi investigation exposed the affair. sources say agents were investigating a bigger case that led them to the other woman. the woman wrote a book about general petraeus called on in. he broke the news to the president yesterday face to face at the white house asking to resign as cia director for what he called personal reasons. today general petraeus told cia staffers, quote: after being married for over 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable. both as a husband and a leader of the organization such as ours. this afternoon, president obama grac
the head of the cia resigning. admitting in a letter he cheated on his wife. >> at this point it seems to me that there is a real personal tragedy involving general petraeus. >> harris: tonight, reaction from the president, what it means for american intelligence. and the potential effect on the investigation into the benghazi attack. i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. fox news has learned an fbi investigation exposed the affair. sources say agents were investigating...
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when it reached the cia director, have the fbi investigate the director of of the cia and the president or the attorney general not be notified of it is a dereliction of duty. the president if he was not told should have been told and that to me was somebody really dropping the ball. the other thing makes the whole thing implausible is you have a four, five, six-month investigation whatever it was. nothing comes out, nothing is disclosed. suddenly on election night the fbi announces the investigation is over and they tell general clapper. the next day the white house finds out about it, the next day general petraeus submits his resignation. friday the president accepts the resignation. we find yesterday the fbi raiding the home of paula broadwell. then we find out general allen has been involved in emails with joe kelley, so you have like four or five different events happening in the last seven days when for the prior five or six months nothing happened publicly. megyn: let me jump in. there are so many names that i think the viewers may be confused. the top line item here is that the
when it reached the cia director, have the fbi investigate the director of of the cia and the president or the attorney general not be notified of it is a dereliction of duty. the president if he was not told should have been told and that to me was somebody really dropping the ball. the other thing makes the whole thing implausible is you have a four, five, six-month investigation whatever it was. nothing comes out, nothing is disclosed. suddenly on election night the fbi announces the...
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when did you know about -- president, when did you know about cia cia director petraeus' situation. what day? what hour did you know? if he dose it's under investigation i can't tell you. i go oh phooey phooey. that doesn't impede on any investigation. it's a question between bill and barack? when did you know? what day? could you tell us that? and then what is he going to do then? oh, ---then he looks foolish if he doesn't say. he says well, i learned on thursday after the election. two days later. i say oh, that's interesting, thursday after the election. did any of your crew know before then? and if so, why didn't they tell you? oh, these -- this is how in journalism school when i went there in boston university that's how you ask a question. it's gone. that's why it's a total waste of time, kristen, am i wrong. >> i do think he was pushed a little harder than you are giving some of those journalists credit for. he was asked question about questions tall crif in the past, president obama, you caved to republicans in 2010 fiscal cliff when it came to the tax rates because you said
when did you know about -- president, when did you know about cia cia director petraeus' situation. what day? what hour did you know? if he dose it's under investigation i can't tell you. i go oh phooey phooey. that doesn't impede on any investigation. it's a question between bill and barack? when did you know? what day? could you tell us that? and then what is he going to do then? oh, ---then he looks foolish if he doesn't say. he says well, i learned on thursday after the election. two days...
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the cia denies this saying the cia has not had detention authority since january 2009. that's when the president signed executive order 13493. the cia claims any suggestion that the agency is still in the detention business is, quote, uninformed and baseless. but a separate well-placed washington source confirms to fox news that the libyan militiamen being held at the annex in benghazi may be a possible motive for the staged attack on the annex and consulate which was a diplomatic facility. we now know in name only. all of this was reported by adam houseley, bret baier and myself in the last 24 hours, rick. rick: jennifer, thanks so much. jenna: we're going to have a former cia operative on with us in just about ten minutes, we'll ask him about that. >>> in the meantime, when congress returns they're going to be facing a longstanding problem; preventing our nation's economy from going over that so-called fiscal cliff. it appears they'll also be facing the same longstanding political gridlock. just listen to house speaker john boehner and also president obama over the we
the cia denies this saying the cia has not had detention authority since january 2009. that's when the president signed executive order 13493. the cia claims any suggestion that the agency is still in the detention business is, quote, uninformed and baseless. but a separate well-placed washington source confirms to fox news that the libyan militiamen being held at the annex in benghazi may be a possible motive for the staged attack on the annex and consulate which was a diplomatic facility. we...
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but petraeus testified that cia talking points called it immediately a terrorist attack. he said that was removed for strategic reasons. the move was to avoid letting terrorist agencies know they were hot on their trail. >> he was asked if his resignation at any impact on his testimony, and he said no. >> basically, his resignation had nothing to do with the benghazi issue. >> the attacks still could have and should have been thwarted the staff better protected, some say, and they insist that calls for increased security should have been heeded. >> they add to our ability to make judgments about what is clearly a failure of intelligence. >> david petraeus added in telling lawmakers that security was so lax, protesters literally walked in and set fire to the consulate. >> thank you. more information on the two women at the center of the petraeus scandal. apparently they made visits to the white house. paula broadwell with whom he admitted having an affair, was at the white house twice in 2009 and 2011. and jill kelley, the woman who began the investigation that led to petr
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or you could put that person at cia. although the talk is that john brennan, the current homeland security adviser, is the man who could get cia if he wants it. but there's no knowledge about whether or not he wants it. and if he doesn't take it, mike morrell, the current acting director is considered the shoo-in for that job, wolf. >> he's got a full treasury secretary as well. there's speculation that jack lew could get that position. jessica, there'll be a lot of shuffling going on over at the white house. thanks very much. >> thanks, wolf. >>> the david petraeus scandal is complicating attempts by congress to investigate the attack on the u.s. consulate in bengha benghazi, libya. we'll tell you what's going on in a closed-door meeting on capitol hill, next. come on frank how long have we known each other? go to e-trade. they got killer tools man. they'll help you nail a retirement plan that's fierce. two golden crowns. you realize the odds of winning are the same as being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in
or you could put that person at cia. although the talk is that john brennan, the current homeland security adviser, is the man who could get cia if he wants it. but there's no knowledge about whether or not he wants it. and if he doesn't take it, mike morrell, the current acting director is considered the shoo-in for that job, wolf. >> he's got a full treasury secretary as well. there's speculation that jack lew could get that position. jessica, there'll be a lot of shuffling going on...
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tonight the former cia director david petraeus is now expected to testify before congress on the attack on our consulate in benghazi and president obama speaking publicly for the first time about the scandal that's rocked the military and the cia. >> obviously, there is an ongoing investigation. >> shepard: the president speaking publicly for the first time about the scandal. >> you can assure the american people that there have been no breaches of national security? >> do you believe you should have known sooner? >> shepard: tonight, the commander and chief answers some questions. plus, lawmakers now asking whether the investigation into general petraeus' affair affected his testimony about the attack on our consulate in benghazi. >> the fact that his testimony was so wrong and the fact that the investigation has gone on, it just has to make you wonder. >> the american people have been mislead from the beginning. >> i would like to ask general petraeus some questions. >> shepard: now the general says he is ready to talk. and accusations that a woman at the center of the scandal stored
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when i was with petraeus just before he got the cia announcement when he went from the army to the cia he would have had to under tkpwhoe undergo another security investigation. they would have had a polygraph test, standard procedure for anybody going into the via and the first question they ask you is there anything we don't know about in your past that could be a cause of embarrassment? that would have come out. that was 18 months ago. so somebody in the personnel department of the white house, or the fbi, or at the cia at a very high level would have known about this alleged affair. so why sit on it for so long? why all of a sudden have it come out? if the fbi is investigating the head of the cia you've got to believe that somebody at a high level in the white house and at the fbi was made aware of this. you don't investigate one cabinet officer investigating the other without the president nothing. martha without president knowing. martha: what do you think of the friction between these two agencies. >> there may be historical friction but they are far too professional, both of th
when i was with petraeus just before he got the cia announcement when he went from the army to the cia he would have had to under tkpwhoe undergo another security investigation. they would have had a polygraph test, standard procedure for anybody going into the via and the first question they ask you is there anything we don't know about in your past that could be a cause of embarrassment? that would have come out. that was 18 months ago. so somebody in the personnel department of the white...
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everybody has been blaming the cia. david petraeus wanted to make it clear it was changed somewhere along the line. martha: are we going see susan rice testify about what she knew and will congress have public hearings? >> i'm on the intelligence committee and mike rogers the chairman and he indicated yesterday that susan rice may be called as a witness. we shouldn't have to go through all this. it will be easier for the country on our foreign policy if we have the administration be honest and come forward and say what happened. if susan rice has to testify, we have to get to the bottom line. this goes beyond susan rice. we have four solid, good americans killed that day. they were murdered. to have these roadblocked thrown in the way. again, they are trying to blame the cia which was not at fault. they had it right. martha: if you get a chance to question hillary clinton what is your biggest question for her? >> i would ask her what reports they got from the field, what did they send back and what did the state departm
everybody has been blaming the cia. david petraeus wanted to make it clear it was changed somewhere along the line. martha: are we going see susan rice testify about what she knew and will congress have public hearings? >> i'm on the intelligence committee and mike rogers the chairman and he indicated yesterday that susan rice may be called as a witness. we shouldn't have to go through all this. it will be easier for the country on our foreign policy if we have the administration be...
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as a cia director. i doubt it. >> it may be the last. he made the decision. what would you have said. if you were on the "today show requestshow". >> i wouldn't be judging him that is not my role. >> some people would feel you were having an affair that is wrong. >> i think we are still learning that. if you said that it is just a relationship an affair i don't think that is anybody's business. i don't think that is effects what he does nor does it mean that he should step down. but he made that decision. >> every american should be sitting here tonight realizing this could happen to them. >> what? >> except for me. >> is there something that you want to get off your chest. >> no i mean. >> explain that. >> well, i mean, i think this was an agreethious over reaching of authority really trampling of privacy and rights. >> >> i did read it and think he has a point. it has become a more aggressive society and information is easy collectible. and a great general could be brought down because two women are arguing over e-mails. when you put it like that it is triv
as a cia director. i doubt it. >> it may be the last. he made the decision. what would you have said. if you were on the "today show requestshow". >> i wouldn't be judging him that is not my role. >> some people would feel you were having an affair that is wrong. >> i think we are still learning that. if you said that it is just a relationship an affair i don't think that is anybody's business. i don't think that is effects what he does nor does it mean that he...
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the cia is clear saying no, he didn't know what was going on. >> in some ways, the details are coming out ahead of the context. >> i think there's a lot to that. that's right. i think what you'll see, look. i don't know what will happen next. i certainly couldn't have predicted what happened this morning. >> no one could. >> but i am told that at least people who seem to know here say this is about it. i think what we're going to see a lot more of in the next 24 to 48 hours is reporting on who were these women? who was paula broadwell? who was jill kelley? what kind of people were they? >> will they see people testify on the hill? >> two issues the hill is interested in. for them the most pressing case is the attack on the american in benghazi. general petraeus was to have testified on thursday. there's still interest from members of the intelligence committee to get him to testify. remember, that was not to be a public session. so whether he will appear this week or whether it will be later, members of the committee are determined to have him testify. they say he was running the cia
the cia is clear saying no, he didn't know what was going on. >> in some ways, the details are coming out ahead of the context. >> i think there's a lot to that. that's right. i think what you'll see, look. i don't know what will happen next. i certainly couldn't have predicted what happened this morning. >> no one could. >> but i am told that at least people who seem to know here say this is about it. i think what we're going to see a lot more of in the next 24 to 48...
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fox' confirmation this morning that the former cia director david petraeus will testify before the house and senate intelligence committees. these will be closed or classified sessions early friday morning, and also confirmation that secretary of state hillary clinton will testify here on the hill and give the read out, or the results of their internal review at the state department about the benghazi attack, and that announcement was made at the house foreign affairs committee a short time ago. >> further i would like to note that secretary clinton has committed to testifying before our committee and the senate foreign relations committee on the accountability review board's report, which is expected to be concluded by early to mid december. >> reporter: also today on capitol hill two important hearings in front of the house intelligence again and the senate intelligence committees, they are closed or classified hearings and they bring together the top intelligence officials in this country, as well as law enforcement officials, the director of national intelligence, the acting director
fox' confirmation this morning that the former cia director david petraeus will testify before the house and senate intelligence committees. these will be closed or classified sessions early friday morning, and also confirmation that secretary of state hillary clinton will testify here on the hill and give the read out, or the results of their internal review at the state department about the benghazi attack, and that announcement was made at the house foreign affairs committee a short time...
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what you need do is get the cia to do this. what they recommended is having the cia spy on american journalists. which is directly against the national security act that forms the cia. the cia is supposed to offer external not internal. kennedy authorizes this program and it's a program that ends up being called project mockingbird. we know little about it. most is classified. it was one of the cia family jewels that released national security archive got the full set in 2006 and 2007. so this program in the summer of 1962, is when kennedy is starting to crack down drastically on leaks. during the cuban missile crisis, we go forward a little bit. the white house had intense control over the information. it was a moment of crisis. you don't want to broadcast what is happening to the enemies. but after the missile crisis, the administration continued to control the information. that has two effects. one of them is you have a very specific story coming out. you have control over the story. if the press is clam moring at this point
what you need do is get the cia to do this. what they recommended is having the cia spy on american journalists. which is directly against the national security act that forms the cia. the cia is supposed to offer external not internal. kennedy authorizes this program and it's a program that ends up being called project mockingbird. we know little about it. most is classified. it was one of the cia family jewels that released national security archive got the full set in 2006 and 2007. so this...
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out that the cia director was involved. >> let's look at this through the eye of a cia veteran. former director of operations in the middle east and now a cnn contributor, robert, welcome. >> good morning. >> so you heard peter king. you've heard him over the weekend. is there something fishy about this? >> completely. every day i wake up and i see one new revelation after another, which sort of discredits things in the past. but i have some real problems with this and one is that the fbi does not investigate e-mails, harassing e-mails as a matter of course. something very early on got them interested in this case, got them to get into the e-mails and apparently monitor broadwell's account, which takes a title 3 subpoena. >> paula broadwell, the alleged mistress -- i want to explain further so the audience understands. there was some question about classified documents and she had those classified documents in her control but eventually fbi says that those weren't connected to david petraeus at all. >> that's fine. but the fact is, a crime has been committed by taking classified
out that the cia director was involved. >> let's look at this through the eye of a cia veteran. former director of operations in the middle east and now a cnn contributor, robert, welcome. >> good morning. >> so you heard peter king. you've heard him over the weekend. is there something fishy about this? >> completely. every day i wake up and i see one new revelation after another, which sort of discredits things in the past. but i have some real problems with this and...
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could the now disgraced cia director uncover more than one extramarital affair? and although he stepped down, why general petraeus could be the only person to vindicate or incriminate the white house over the consulate attack in benghazi. >>> and plus, the grand old party in need of a makeover. >> you said that you not only had that problem, but you have -- >> an angry white man problem. >> republican leaders now admitting that the gop needs some new faces or face extinction. >>> and coast the coast, tribute s to men and women who fight for our freedom. tonight, we honor america's veterans. >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon and we will go into more detail on all of those stories, but first we want to get you caught up on all of the headlines. >>> in parades all across america, people came out to thank our military heroes. paradegoers in new york aided victims of superstorm sandy collecting winter coats for those hit hardest by the storm. at arlington national cemetery president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and then met with families who lost l
could the now disgraced cia director uncover more than one extramarital affair? and although he stepped down, why general petraeus could be the only person to vindicate or incriminate the white house over the consulate attack in benghazi. >>> and plus, the grand old party in need of a makeover. >> you said that you not only had that problem, but you have -- >> an angry white man problem. >> republican leaders now admitting that the gop needs some new faces or face...
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jennifer, i know you have been working your sources on this at the pentagon and if he cia. what do we know now and when was this issue of the affair first exposed? how did it come about? >> well, the first that it was exposed in terms of the conversation with the president occurred yesterday. general petraeus went over to the white house and he told the president that he thought he should resign. but what we're now learning from sources close to the fbi is that the fbi had been investigating general petraeus and as part of a larger investigation, the name of paula broadwell, who is general petraeus' biographer. she wrote a book that came out in january called-"all in, the education of general david h. petraeus." she had spent about a year in afghanistan with him, documenting his life, and it seems that the fbi was investigating something broader. her name came up. they started investigating concern that general petraeus now head of the cia was possibly some sort of victim in it or could be -- could be blackmailed in some sort of way. they never found that. but in the proces
jennifer, i know you have been working your sources on this at the pentagon and if he cia. what do we know now and when was this issue of the affair first exposed? how did it come about? >> well, the first that it was exposed in terms of the conversation with the president occurred yesterday. general petraeus went over to the white house and he told the president that he thought he should resign. but what we're now learning from sources close to the fbi is that the fbi had been...
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tonight, the rocking the fbi, the cia, and the military and the nation spreads again. now, another general, another woman and a whole slew of new questions. general john allen accused of exchanging tens of thousands of pages of emails with a married woman. a senior official says those emails got a little flirty but general allen says he did nothing wrong. >> the president has great confidence in the military, great confidence in his commanders. >> shepard: tonight, an investigation threatens the career of another top leader. plus, president obama reportedly considering u.s. ambassador season rice for his next secretary of state. >> i love my job here at the united nations. >> but after she portrayed the benghazi consulate attack as a that spun out of control. some lawmakers say she doesn't deserve the job. >> i think susan rice has disqualified herself. >> tonight, controversy in the cabinet. >> and searching for more victims of super storm sandy. >> the national guard is going building to building and door to door checking on any victims of the storm who may still nee
tonight, the rocking the fbi, the cia, and the military and the nation spreads again. now, another general, another woman and a whole slew of new questions. general john allen accused of exchanging tens of thousands of pages of emails with a married woman. a senior official says those emails got a little flirty but general allen says he did nothing wrong. >> the president has great confidence in the military, great confidence in his commanders. >> shepard: tonight, an investigation...
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bill: what is the latest on the cia talking points we discovered? >> reporter: the ranging member of the senate judiciary committee is now asking fear detailed briefing before the end of next week on the legal authorities obtained to monitor the former cia director's e-mail by the fbi and the legal analysis that the fbi and the justice department did not need to notify the white house of the ongoing investigation. and these questions go to the heart of the investigation fan the notification process and why the attorney general or eric holder believed he had the legal authority not to advise congress or the president given their national security interests. martha: meanwhile secretary of state hillary clinton will testify at the next hearing on the benghazi attacks. that is set to take place in early december it's going to be an open hearing, by the way. republican lawmakers say the obama administration is not being up front about what happened. pete king says these hearings are really we have to remember about the families of these four victims. >>
bill: what is the latest on the cia talking points we discovered? >> reporter: the ranging member of the senate judiciary committee is now asking fear detailed briefing before the end of next week on the legal authorities obtained to monitor the former cia director's e-mail by the fbi and the legal analysis that the fbi and the justice department did not need to notify the white house of the ongoing investigation. and these questions go to the heart of the investigation fan the...
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conference call a month ago, when everyone in the media was given their time line and then when the cia did it, we were left off the list. we're asking questions and the administration is giving none. now they are stonewalling the senate, which is so interesting because in the senate, the democrats are the ones -- they run the committees. they are asking for the documents and they can't get them. >> did the president know about the prior attacks? if the president knew about the prior attacks why didn't he supply the security that was necessary -- to protect the ambassador? i mean, this is six, seven weeks, i don't know the answer it that. this consulate was attacked twice, it was attacked once when they blew a hole in the wail. we don't know whether the president knew about it. if the president did know about it, why didn't he supply more security? and then when he found out about the third attack, why didn't he act, in a more forceful manner to get the military there, to get reinforcements there, the cia was held up at the airport 3 hours, these are incredible questions that the longer
conference call a month ago, when everyone in the media was given their time line and then when the cia did it, we were left off the list. we're asking questions and the administration is giving none. now they are stonewalling the senate, which is so interesting because in the senate, the democrats are the ones -- they run the committees. they are asking for the documents and they can't get them. >> did the president know about the prior attacks? if the president knew about the prior...
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at the cia. friends say petraeus ended the affair about four months ago. the white house was not aware of the situation until last week. on thursday, petraeus met with the president and offered his resignation. >> it just doesn't add up that the fbi would carry on this type of investigation without bringing it to the president or the highest levels of the white house. >> the choice of paula broadwell to write petraeus' biography did raise a new eyebrows, considering she had never written a book before. we'll have much more coming up on "good morning america." >>> there are now just 50 days until the new year. 50 crucial days for congress to figure out a way to keep the country from going over that so-called fiscal cliff and possibly plunging back into recession. with tax increases and spending cuts set to kick in january 1st, the stage is set for some serious washington drama. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: across the dials, the parties sounded like they could make a basis. >> i think th
at the cia. friends say petraeus ended the affair about four months ago. the white house was not aware of the situation until last week. on thursday, petraeus met with the president and offered his resignation. >> it just doesn't add up that the fbi would carry on this type of investigation without bringing it to the president or the highest levels of the white house. >> the choice of paula broadwell to write petraeus' biography did raise a new eyebrows, considering she had never...
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bill: the last man to head the cia was leon panetta. petraeus took over from him when he took the job as defense secretary. now panetta was asked about the situation on his way overseas late last night. roll this. >> first, obviously it was a, it was a very sad situation to you know, have a distinguished career like that end in this manner, and my heart obviously goes out to him and to his family but i think he took the right step and i think it's important when you're director of the cia with all of the challenges that face you in that position that, you know, that personal integrity comes first and foremost. bill: so secretary panetta was also asked by reporters if the fbi should have alerted key members of congress about the investigation sooner? panetta saying that is something that should be looked at. martha: well the fbi is now preparing a timeline of its investigation to respond to lawmakers who think that they were told too late. this is it what we know so far according to a senior member of the obama administration. on wednesd
bill: the last man to head the cia was leon panetta. petraeus took over from him when he took the job as defense secretary. now panetta was asked about the situation on his way overseas late last night. roll this. >> first, obviously it was a, it was a very sad situation to you know, have a distinguished career like that end in this manner, and my heart obviously goes out to him and to his family but i think he took the right step and i think it's important when you're director of the cia...